Fun Activity For Your Children

Ever feel like you need to get out of the house?  Ever feel like you need to get your children out or they will drive you crazy?  Here is one idea that is great for those days when it is too hot to go outside, and you are broke.  I took my 3 children on a Walmart scavenger hunt the other day.  I kept it a surprise until we were on our way.  When I told my children what we were doing, I was amazed that I did not get any moans or groans.  This is especially amazing since my 17-year old rarely likes to leave the house and his video games, and the 12-year old complains about everything.  It is also amazing because it involved them working together.

 Here is how it worked.  They were given a list of 12 items to find.  (I will copy the text below.)  They had to  stay together and find the items in order.  They had to take a picture of each one.  I am not a fan of making other people's jobs more difficult, so I wanted to use pictures so they wouldn't be moving items around or making messes.  My directions specify which boys took pictures of which items to eliminate arguing and specify that running in the store will disqualify them from the prize (cheap ice cream at McDonald's).  While the boys were working, I gave my 2-year old daughter a picture hunt to complete in the produce aisle.  I would let her find the items.  Then I would take the picture and show her.  She had a blast and loved to see the pictures.

Here is the list I gave the boys:

Take a picture of each item in order.  *** takes pictures of 1-6.  *** takes pictures of 7-12.  Be sure to walk so you are not disqualified.

1.  Vanilla Yogurt

2.  Cheddar and Sour Cream Chips

3.  Baby Rattle

4.  Sandals

5.  Mario Game

6.  Funny Movie

7.  Golf Ball

8.  Flowers (Real or Fake)

9.  Mechanical Pencil

10.  Cold Medicine

11.  Batteries

12.  Magazine

Here is the list I gave my daughter (I used clip art from Microsoft Word, but blogger won't let me copy it.)

       apples, bananas, grapes, watermelons, cucumbers, tomatoes, cookies, cake, bread, cheese

  

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